Real College: The Essential Guide to Student Life

by Douglas Stone, Elizabeth Tippett

Few people have as much experience helping students cope with college life as Douglas Stone, a long-time Harvard residential adviser and coauthor of Difficult Conversations , and Elizabeth Tippett, recent Harvard graduate and founding director of the university's peer mediation program. In Real College , they join forces to help students deal with nightmare roommates, handle academic pressures, make smart choices about alcohol and sex, communicate with parents, and address all the other big issues that can make college as challenging as it is exciting. Stone and Tippett deliver insightful, pragmatic advice with humor and compassion, in a style that parents and students alike will appreciate. This is one book that no college student should be without.

Genres: Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published September 7, 2004

Reviews

[kylajaclyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a neat little book. It's entertaining and informative, though I don't know how much I benefitted from it since a. I'm a transfer student and b. I already know what to do and what I should be doing. I'm just excited about finally going to a University in the fall so I am reading lots of books on the subject. Unfortunately, most are meant for 18-year-olds. But this book follows a group of fictional college students, and it's fun to see where they end up and read the messages they send each other and other people. I recommend it if you don't plan things in advance or are totally scared about going to University. I cannot do anything without researching a subject thoroughly (partly out of excitement), and I just don't have time to waste. I need to know things. But I still found this book beneficial, so whether you are 18 or 24, perhaps you will too.

[Dong Sin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought the book was very interesting and gave good advice to college students. The book had importatnt information on academics and it emphasized how important the placement test was. A student should take the classes recommended from the placement test. It stated in the book that students who take advanced classed in high school wanted to take classes that were advanced in college. However, it stated in the book that the courses in college were more difficult. The book uses real students in college as an illustration on the topics of the book. I would recommend this book to other college students.

[Claire Frances · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had to read this book before entering my first year at Gallaudet University for my First Year Seminar course. This book is all about what you are supposed to do when you are at college. It based mostly on experiences and advices from other students, professors, and parents.